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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 1864
To expand the prohibition on funding for international institutions of higher
education that host Confucius Institutes and remove the authority to
waive the prohibition.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 7, 2023
Mr. RUBIO introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To expand the prohibition on funding for international insti-
tutions of higher education that host Confucius Institutes
and remove the authority to waive the prohibition.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Federal Funding
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for CCP Spying and Persuasion In Education Settings
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(SPIES) Act of 2023’’.
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•S 1864 IS
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL
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INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT
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HOST CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES AND REMOVAL
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OF WAIVER AUTHORITY.
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Section 1062 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
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(Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 2241 note) is amend-
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ed—
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(1) in subsection (a)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘Except as provided in
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subsection (b), none’’ and inserting ‘‘None’’;
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and
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(B) by inserting ‘‘or international institu-
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tion of higher education’’ after ‘‘institution of
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higher education’’;
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(2) by striking subsection (b); and
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(3) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as
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subsections (b) and (c), respectively.
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